Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research Activity Report 2006

36 – The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research • Activity Report 2006main research areas: Life Sciences, IT/Telecom andMaterials Science, and Professor Sune Svanberg wasa key person in coordinating planning activities, withthe support of SSF and ITPS. With a proposal fromthe group, ITPS came up with an itinerary for the visit.The preparatory work included a one-day workshopon the theme China. Magnus Breidne of ITPS wasamong the invited guests, along with Mr Lu Fengding,the ambassador from the People´s Republic of Chinain Stockholm, who held a very interesting lecture aboutcurrent developments in China.As a result of the contributions of all involved partiesand a translation of the objectives into a concreteprogramme, the following itinerary was arrived at forthe study trip:• Information meeting at the Swedish Embassy andreception hosted by the Ambassador, Beijing• Ericsson R&D Center, Beijing• The Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing• Hua Da Bio-Research Institute, Beijing• Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing• Peking University• Health Science Center of Peking University• Zhejiang University, Hangzhou• The Joint Research Center of Photonics of theRoyal Institute of Technology and Zhejiang University,Hangzhou• Fudan University, Shanghai• Fenglin Medical Campus, Shanghai• Biological Sciences Research Institute, CAS, Shanghai• Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)Another important part of the study trip was an introductionto Chinese culture, and two interesting visitswere organised for this purpose: to the Forbidden City,formerly the imperial palace of the Ming and Qingdynasties, and to The Great Wall of China, which wasbuilt mainly to protect the Chinese Empire from theMongols and other invaders.From left Anna Maria Blom and ÅsaStrand in the front of the Guardian lions,also called the Fu Dogs (Shi 獅 ), inthe Forbidden City.The group shown on an excitingvisit to the Great Wall of China